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2021 Giro d’Italia: Stage 10 Results

  • Ron 

Peter Sagan notched his first win of the season today, taking Stage 10 of the 2021 Giro d’Italia in Foligno after his Bora-Hansgrohe team ejected several sprinters from the peloton in a fast build up. The Slovakian star preceded Fernando Gaviria and Davide Cimolai at the finish after Remco Evenepoel and Egan Bernal gained 2 and 1 second time bonuses respectively in an intermediate sprint that was highly contested with 17.8km to go. The Colombian therefore extended his lead over all his other rivals before the rest day and the highly anticipated Wine Stage from Perugia to Montalcino that includes gravel sectors.

“Today was a very good day for the team,” Peter Sagan told journalists after the stage. “Big thanks to my teammates for their fantastic effort. We gave our best, everybody worked hard to make it a tough stage. We managed to drop some of the pure sprinters but still, in the finale a few of them were there. When the pace is strong all day, it is easier. In the first stages of this Giro, I had the legs every day, but if the first 150km are easy, it is more difficult for me to beat the pure sprinters if the action is limited to the last 30km. I now have the ciclamino jersey as well but the Giro is still long, we are only halfway through. We’ll see day by day what we can achieve.”

The Maglia Rosa Egan Bernal said: “It’s been special to wear this Maglia Rosa today. I want this jersey in Milan too but it’s still a long way to go and I’ll have to remain focused for every second of racing. Before the intermediate sprint, I heard the sporting director asking Gianni Moscon and Jhonathan Narvaez to go for it. I took the wheel of Pippo [Ganna] so it was easy to be at the front. I took one second but for sure the Giro will not be won or lost by one second, whereas we’ll talk minutes on the big climbs. I don’t see the Giro as a mental challenge between Remco [Evenepoel] and myself. All the riders who are within a minute on GC are still in contention for the overall victory.”

Stage 10 Brief Results

  1. Peter Sagan (Bora – Hansgrohe) – 139km in 3h10’56”, average speed 43.680 km/h
  2. Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) s.t.
  3. Davide Cimolai (Israel Start-Up Nation) s.t.

General Classification After Stage 10:

  1. Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers)
  2. Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck – Quick-Step) at 14”
  3. Aleksandr Vlasov (Astana – Premier Tech) at 22”

Jerseys:

  • Maglia Rosa (pink), general classification leader, sponsored by Enel – Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers)
  • Maglia Ciclamino (cyclamen), sprinter classification leader, sponsored by Segafredo Zanetti – Peter Sagan (Bora – Hansgrohe)
  • Maglia Azzurra (blue), King of the Mountains classification leader, sponsored by Banca Mediolanum – Geoffrey Bouchard (AG2R Citroen Team)
  • Maglia Bianca (white), young rider general classification leader, sponsored by Intimissimi Uomo – Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers), worn by Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck – Quick-Step)
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